Single-player games like Nightmares Awake
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Nightmares Awake, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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ABIDE
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
ABIDE is a psychological first person horror game using prosthetic gore effects, stop motion and dolls scanned into 3D models. A peaceful retreat where people go to get better. A place for people to air their demons.
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Joyful Masks
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Step into the subconscious mind of a brilliant professor, where memories twist, logic bends, and hidden truths await discovery through intricate puzzles
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Night Grove
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.
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Through The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
You as Ethan, a robber who wants to end his criminal past. Suddenly you fall in the Backrooms and now you have to solve the mystery of the liminal rooms to find a way out. But you are not alone here...
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Unwell
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Descend into your own broken mind in this psychological survival horror. Survive twisted manifestations of your psyche, defend your shelter, and shape your fate through choices that lead to multiple endings.
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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Lair of Torment
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
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KARMA: The Dark World
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
- 9
The Black Ice
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
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Heart Of Altai
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Heart of Altai is an exciting story about the adventures of blogger Arina Demidova, searching for a lost city in the Altai Republic. During the trek, she realises that her fate is closely linked to the ultimate goal of this dangerous and mysterious expedition.
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Sea Walker Saga
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
An exciting steampunk adventure with strategy and RPG elements. Fight pirates, explore the seabed, build your own battle island and set out into the vast world ocean in search of a mythical continent!
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True Thief
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmares Awake.
True Thief is a dark isometric stealth RPG where the shadows are your only ally. In a world mired in corruption, you must become the ultimate thief. No killing—only the mastery of stealth, unique lockpicking mechanics, and secrets that are best left undisturbed.
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The Soul
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
The Soul is a story about a hunter of monsters that hide among humans. This project confidently erases the line between the player and the protagonist.
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Lethal Grace
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
Order received. Target identified. Proceed with elimination. Play as Grace, a killer android, in this dynamic shooter.
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Might of Fate
Single-player alternative to Nightmares Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmares Awake.
A classic JRPG-style game about the conflict between magic and humanity in a medieval world. Experience Fate's story from his carefree childhood to becoming a powerful warrior. Assemble a party and master the combat stance system to change the fate of the world.